King & Country · Napoleonic · NA020
The yellow-green headgear details and shouldered weapon make NA020 easy to pick out among the early French releases. His kneeling position creates a low firing line without concealing the face behind a large scenic obstacle.
- Maker
- King & Country
- Set code
- NA020
- Series
- Napoleonic (NA)
The silhouette does the identifying
The weapon runs horizontally from the shoulder while the bent leg anchors the body close to the ground. Compare it with NA021, whose weapon is angled during loading, and NA022, who fires standing. The same general uniform can produce three quite different jobs in a display; the relationship between hands and weapon is the quickest way to tell them apart.
Arrange a readable firing group
NA020 can occupy the front corner of a small group with NA022 behind and to one side. Leave a real visual channel for each musket instead of placing a standing figure directly in the line of fire. A loading companion changes the rhythm and makes the group feel like soldiers maintaining fire, rather than three copies of one instant.
Inspect the fragile horizontal parts
The bayonet and barrel are the first things to compare with the catalog image. Check the brim and plume as well, since the headgear carries useful identification details. A photograph from above may make the weapon look shorter than it is; a level side view is better for judging straightness and the relationship between stock, hands and shoulder.
Figure reference
King & Country NA020 French Kneeling Firing — Sager’s Soldiers catalog record. The collecting observations above refer to the pictured model; condition varies between individual examples.
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